March 20, 2018
Lake Michigan fisheries management strategies for 2018-2020 highlights partnerships to enhance fishing for salmon and troutMADISON -- Fish stocking trucks are starting to deliver the first trout and salmon for Lake Michigan under a new stocking plan that seeks to sustain diverse fishing opportunities and expand partnerships to make sure more stocked fish survive to catchable size and wind up on Wisconsin anglers' lines.
Bass fishing changes, transport of CWD positive deer among questions at the 2018 Spring Fish and Wildlife Rules Hearings
MADISON - A continuous season for bass fishing - with harvest only allowed during the current open season - restriction on moving deer that test positive for chronic wasting disease, opening the inland trout season the first Saturday in April, and a new fee to use state wildlife, fisheries and natural areas are among the questions the public can vote on at the 2018 Spring Fish and Wildlife Public Hearing and annual Conservation Congress county meetings.
DNR to hold public comment period, public hearing on Foxconn air permits
MADISON - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comment on air permit drafts for the Foxconn liquid crystal display manufacturing facility proposed for construction in Racine County.
DNR to waive fall turkey drawing; licenses on sale now
MADISON - New this year, fall turkey hunters will no longer be required to apply or compete in a drawing for fall turkey harvest authorizations. Instead, one fall turkey harvest authorization will be issued at no additional cost with the purchase of a fall turkey or conservation patron license. Customers will need to specify their zone of choice when purchasing their license.
Anglers now enjoy a year-round season and five-bag limit for Lake Michigan lake trout
MADISON - The lake trout fishing season on Lake Michigan is now open year-round and the bag limit is five fish per day under rules effective March 17, 2018.
Bird Survey Organizers Encourage Volunteers to Survey Areas in Need, Attend Regional Workshops in April
ASHLAND, Wis. - With just two of five breeding seasons left to go, organizers of a comprehensive survey of birds that nest in Wisconsin have identified more than 300 locations where volunteers are needed to help gather information for the survey, known as the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II.
Prescribed burns proposed for many DNR properties in central and southern Wisconsin this spring
MADISON -- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staff plan to conduct prescribed burning on several department-managed properties in the west central, southeast, and southern Wisconsin this spring.
Spring issue of Wisconsin Natural Resources feature DNR 50th anniversary
MADISON - The Spring edition of Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine is on its way to readers, and the first issue of 2018 focuses on a celebration: It's the Department of Natural Resources' 50th anniversary. The agency and the Natural Resources Board that guides it were created in 1968 by a merger of the Wisconsin Conservation Department and Resource Development Department. The Spring cover story, "A DNR is born," commemorates the event, while coverage in the magazine throughout the year also will mark the occasion.
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